Beets, Booties, and Bananas

This was my first time combining fresh juice and a green monster. I had tons of spinach to use up, but I also wanted to make a juice. So I combined the two methods. The only problem is, the juice I made wasn’t a great combo at all (beets, lemon, ginger), so it made my green monster pretty disgusting!

Apparently I CAN make bad juices…lol. Ok, who was it that jinxed me in the comments the other day! ;)

However, I have high hopes for my next one. The key is to start with a good tasting juice, me thinks!

I had a good 2 mile run + 10 min walk on the treadmill followed by WMM2! Then lots of baking and shipping out orders.

I also had a V.I.M. (Very Important Meeting) today with two lovely ladies from Booty Camp Fitness!

This is Lisa:

and Jess:

They are both two of the nicest people! So inspiring and down to earth. This meeting has been in the works for months now, so I was so happy to finally meet them in person. We talked about all kinds of fun projects that will be coming up in the near future.

They also gave me their workout DVD to try out:

I tell you, this couldn’t have come at a better time, given my recent teeth-pulling workouts on the dreadmill. :mrgreen: I can’t wait to try it.

Dinner was also quite exciting tonight…

Firstly, Eric confessed his love for Quinoa. That pretty much made my week right there.

Directions for sauce: In a medium-sized pot or large frying pan, sauté garlic and onion in olive oil 3-5 minutes. Reduce heat to low, and add vegetable broth, milk, pumpkin and curry powder. Stir gently to combine ingredients. Allow to simmer until flavors are well combined, about 8-10 minutes. Add salt, pepper and walnuts or pine nuts, stirring to combine, then remove from heat.

At first I wasn’t sure about the sauce as I have never had a pumpkin sauce before, but it got better with each bite until I was fully smitten over it.

What is with me and spoon pictures lately? I think I thrive off the thrill of balancing the camera simultaneously with the spoon (nerd alert!).

Dessert was even more fabulous.

I made a spin-off of Gena’s ever so popular Banana Soft Serve. See this post for the first time I made it in the summer (and a super cute pic of Sketchie). I even made a Green Monster Float with it too. If you haven’t made Gena’s Banana Soft Serve, you must!

Gena’s Banana Soft Serve…with a Twist!

Ingredients:

1 frozen banana

1/3 cup Almond Milk (or your choice of milk)

1 T chia seeds (thickens it)

Cacao nibs as topping

Graham crackers (optional) I used my homemade ones

Directions: BLEND!

This was quite possibly one of the yummiest desserts I have whipped up in a long time. Oh, me oh my, it was just fantastic. The cacao nibs gave it a great crunch.

See you tomorrow for my thoughts on the wonderful discussion going on in this post. Oh, I have lots to say!

So, I’m curious…did you drink that big monster? hee hee I’ve also been meaning to ask you if you’ve juiced wheatgrass in your Breville? I have the same juicer on its’ way to me and wondering how it does with greens?

Hi Angela!!
Thanks to you, I have fallen in love with quinoa myself! It sprouts beautifully (I do raw whenever possible) and has a wonderful nutty flavor. And thank you for the idea of a green monster float! I will have to try that! …ok, I’m off to search for your hangover cure – just had a couple glasses of wine with my bosses and yet I never hardly ever drink so I need to take action before bed :)

I’m sooo excited you got to meet Jess, I love her to bits and consider her a very good ‘friend’ (one i haven’t met lol)
Its crazy two of my fave bloggers met. Hope you enjoy the booty camp- let us know
xxx

One of my best friends goes to the Booty Camp Bootcamps here in the city during the summer and she does the DVD ALLLLLL THE TIME in the winter! She freggin loves it! Sadly I haven’t been able to go with her because I had night classes on the days she went. * tear *

Mmm the pumpkin quinoa looks amazing! I love that your husband loved it too =) And banana soft serve — I have already made it twice, and am OBSESSED! Your version looks delish. You look great in your pictures, you have the best skin!

That looks delicious! you have inspired me in many ways but my recent favorite is getting up early, i work late nights till 3am but pushed myself to get up before 9 all week and wow, the day is so much longer and i can get so much done! being a yoga instructor i find that i have so much more energy and new ideas when it comes to class time! although i usually need a much needed nap around 4, my body lets me know! Just wondering if you have read or heard of the book “The sunfood diet success system” – David Wolfe? If not i highly recommend it! think you would really enjoy it!

Ahhh this post left me with my mouth watering!…except for green monster juice :P Hahaha I’m just messing! The quinoa with pumpkin sauce looks TO DIE…I’ll definitely have to try that one. And I’ve been putting off making banana soft serve forever now. We’ll not really putting it off, just forgetting that I have 3 bananas in the freezer :/ You’ve inspired me to hop on that STAT.

The earthquake here in Southern California woke me up, so now I find myself rummaging around my favorite sites on the the internet for newly posted recipes. I found this one and thought of the banana soft serve you’ve been raving about. It’s quite a bit more labor intensive than yours, but it’s vegan and it looked and sounded oh so tasty! This earthquake has worked up my appetite!